Scientific Contacts Research Articles

Gliwice Scientific Meetings as a forum for discussion of research projects.Personal impressions.

The article has been written for the occasion of 25 Anniversary of Gliwice Scientific Meetings (GSN). For this reason, I am going to present scientific contacts of the Institute of Oncology at Gliwice with the Institute of Human Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences at Poznań not only at conference occasions but also in regular research manner.

THE POEM “SONG ABOUT THE REFRACTOR”: SCIENTIFIC HUMOR IN THE CONTEXT OF RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND GERMAN SCIENTISTS AT THE TURN OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES

The history of science is intended to study not only the history of discoveries, hypotheses and methodology, but also human connections, which sometimes influence the formation and development of scientific knowledge no less than articles and books. Ephemerides of various kinds are particularly difficult to observe and study: topical hints understood only in a narrow circle, various statements on a subject that may be forgotten after the passage of time, a way of joking that has long since lost its relevance - all that is woven into the fabric of life, including scientific one, and without which it is impossible to imagine people who did science. At the center of the article is a poetic text found in the archive of the remarkable Russian astronomer V.K. Tserasky, who headed the Astronomical Observatory of Moscow University at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and put a lot of effort into its construction. The humorous work “Song about the Refractor” (1898) by the Berlin student Benno Messow is one of such samples of humor, which can shed light on the nature of scientific contacts between scholars from different countries. The poem is a paraphrase of Friedrich Schiller’s famous “Song of the Bell”, deeply rooted in the tradition of German poetry. Meanwhile, the parodic “song” was presented to V.K. Tserasky, who, according to the presenter’s thought, was able to appreciate the subtlety of the joke. The construction of a refractor in the Moscow observatory seemed an excellent occasion to reuse the text dedicated to the completion of the same device in the Potsdam Astrophysical Observatory. This work is a testimony both to the scientists’ penchant for humor and to the versatile scientific and friendly ties between scholars and engineers of Russia and Germany at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The article examines Messow’s poem, some details of his biography and the alleged circumstances of the song’s transfer to V.K. Tserasky.

Potential for Scientific Collaboration between Russian Think Tanks and the Global South

Introduction. This article analyses expert survey data conducted among Russian think tank employees and is aimed to assess the current level of scientific cooperation between Russia and new partners amidst Russia's geopolitical shift, analyses the potential for such cooperation, and answers what problematic agenda can unify and provide a cumulative effect to international scientific cooperation. The article also gives the main challenges that think tanks face when establishing scientific cooperation with colleagues from the Global South. The article addresses whether think tanks cooperate with EAEU countries and the Global South, in which areas the cooperation takes place and with which countries, whether the intensity of international communications has changed in the last 2 years, and what social and political agenda is prioritised in the scientific community's work. Methods. Both general theoretical and empirical methods were used to solve the research tasks: systematisation and generalisation; an expert survey, which results allowed for the assessment of the current level of scientific cooperation and the identification of priority areas for scientific diplomacy. Results and Discussion. Based on an expert survey among leading Russian think tanks, the current level of scientific communication was determined, countries were ranked by the intensity of scientific contacts, main forms of scientific cooperation were identified, and the problematic agenda of the Russian scientific community was analysed. Conclusion. Russia has significant potential for scientific cooperation with Global South countries, based on existing experience and similar problem agendas faced by the scientific communities of Russia and the Global South.

XXVII Conference on Accounting and ControllingChallenges of contemporary accounting and controlling held in Polanica-Zdrój, October 9–11, 2023

The text contains a report from the scientific conference organized by the Department of Cost Accounting, Tax Management and Controlling of the Wrocław University of Economics and Business on October 9–11, 2023 in Polanica-Zdrój. The conference as part of the Accounting and controlling series under the motto: Challenges of contemporary accounting and controlling gathered many experts, scientists and practitioners in the field of accounting. During the two-day meeting, a number of interesting papers were presented that were very popular with the participants, who also had the opportunity to ask questions on the issues discussed. The conference was an excellent opportunity to establish scientific contacts and exchange experiences with accounting and controlling practitioners. It was an important event for specialists in this field, which contributed to deepening the debate on current problems of accounting and controlling and changes taking place in these fields.

Analysis of foreign scientific relations and business trips of the Riga Medical Institute from 1950 to 1991

Relevance. The relevance of the study lies in the fact that the role of foreign scientific contacts and professors' trips from 1950 to 1991 in the context of bibliographic sources underlines the tasks of the teaching character of the Riga Medical Institute. Since one of the least studied periods in the history of Latvian medicine with its ideological specificity is the period from 1950 to 1991, only individual studies can be found, including the history of the Riga Medical Institute and the Latvian State University in the monograph “From University to University”. The 60-year presence of Latvia in the USSR is often interpreted and idealized in two ways. Purpose. The purpose of the research is to consider the analysis of foreign scientific relations and business trips of the faculty of the Riga Medical Institute in the period from 1950 to 1991 in terms of bibliographic sources. For trips of scientific and teaching staff of the Riga Medical Institute outside the USSR, in the period from the establishment of the RSU until the restoration of the independence of the Republic of Latvia in 1991, is characterized by connection with the political situation of the USSR system in international scientific relations. Methodology. The modern world has great opportunities for international cooperation and freedom of movement. Results. Students and Western scientists lack an understanding of the complex possibilities of scientific and academic staff of the Riga Medical Institute for scientific communication with researchers outside the USSR. Therefore, this topic has already attracted the attention of other European researchers. Conclusions. Practical significance lies in the updating of problems of foreign scientific relations and business trips of professors and teachers of the Riga Medical Institute in the period from 1950 to 1991 on the basis of new primary sources.

Historian A.S. Shofman and His Academic Environment

The article deals with the problem of academic environment evolution in which an antiquity historian, A.S. Shofman (1913–1993) conducted his research and taught students in different periods of his life. The author shows that Shofman’s personal qualities, such as determination, ability to work in any external conditions, considerate and, at the same time, demanding attitude to his students and colleagues, sense of humor, irony, self-deprecation, and others played an important role in his development as a scholar. It is also pointed out that fate often brought him to teachers and colleagues who facilitated his success. Different spheres of his scientific communication are studied: prominent scholars of Ancient History and Philology – his teachers at Leningrad State University; international scientific contacts with his colleagues from Macedonia and Serbia, which used to be the part of Yugoslavia, from Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia. His relationship with Russian historians and philologists from Moscow, Leningrad, Voronezh, Tomsk and Belorussian scholars from Minsk were also discussed as well as academic environment at Kazan State University, especially at the Department of World History which A.S. Shofman headed for several decades. The article reveals the influence of his scientific surroundings on his development as a scholar and on themes of his research. A.S. Shofman, in his turn, shaped the mode of activity of the Department he headed and set up a scientific school in Kazan State University well-known in the country

Universities and their rankings under new conditions

This is not the first year we have been living in conditions of a sharp reduction in scientific contacts and growing autarky. Many Western publishing houses and magazines refuse to publish texts by Russian authors. The number of joint conferences is decreasing. Some compilers of foreign ratings excluded Russian organizations from the lists. For their part, our leaders of science and education rightly point out the shortcomings of Western criteria and the limited possibility of their application in our conditions, and call for the development and use of alternatives. It is no coincidence that the “5-100” project, which ended in 2020, did not achieve its goals. At the same time, the role of ratings, which allows one to compare and contrast the achievements of scientific and educational organizations, is not disputed. New approaches and methods are being developed that are more applicable in our conditions. At the same time, it is impossible to completely abandon international indicators, and domestic developments must be comparable with generally accepted world ones. The study provides information about the features of these ratings, current data on their results in 2023-24. Attention is paid to the Moscow international ranking of universities “Three Missions of the University” and domestic professional rankings.

Направления изменений международного технологического обмена в современных условиях

The subject of the study is the transformation of the lines of international technological exchange in the context of multiple restrictions from the countries with high technological potential. The purpose of the work is to identify possible ways for further technological cooperation of Russia with countries that are subject to sanctions restrictions in this area. The article rationale is determined by the need for Russia to find new niches and areas of technological exchange with foreign countries. The research methodology includes the use of general scientific methods, namely statistical one, evaluation of empirical data, specification and abstraction, expert assessments, classification, structuring and systematization of objects. The research methodology includes the use of general scientific methods, namely statistical, evaluation of empirical data, concretization and abstraction, expert assessments, classification, structuring and objects arrangement. The article concludes that ensuring the innovative component of the economic growth of the countries around the world through a combination of their own resources and commercial and non-commercial technology exchange is a long-term trend. In the context of growing geopolitical tensions, developed countries have become increasingly active in imposing restrictions on the transfer of technology and high-tech goods. The establishment of new spatial and geographical areas of international technological cooperation has become an inevitable consequence of this situation. An important response for the countries targeted by the sanctions restrictions is the shaping of new vectors of cooperation, including targeting exports and imports of technologies to/from friendly countries, developing non-commercial forms of technological exchange, including scientific contacts, training specialists, and holding business forums. An important response for countries targeted by sanctions restrictions is the formation of new vectors of cooperation, including targeting the export and import of technology to friendly countries, developing non-commercial forms of technological exchange, including scientific contacts, training specialists, and holding business forums. Ensuring the technological sovereignty of Russia and other sanctioned countries is possible by improving the scientific infrastructure and encouraging domestic and foreign investments.

The collection of letters addressed to D.F.L. von Schlechtendal in the University herbarium in Halle (Saale), Germany (HAL)

D.F.L. von Schlechtendal (1794–1866) was one of the most important botanists of the 19th century. From 1833 to 1866 he was professor of botany at the University Halle-Wittenberg, where his collection of some 70 000 plant specimens is kept. Schlechtendal described more than 1600 new taxa, including 78 genera, mostly from the New World. Schlechtendal’s dense network of scientific contacts is documented by his correspondence, comprising some 5600 letters he received from about 500 persons, including many famous contemporary botanists, natural scientists, travelers and plant collectors. The letters mostly refer to publications and scientific questions concerning the journals ,Linnaea’ and ,Botanische Zeitung’ edited by Schlechtendal. In particular, the letters of scientists dealing with African, Central and South American, and Australian plants are an important source of taxonomic information. The letters are mostly written in the old German Kurrent script, the ink is fading and the paper is disintegrating. We therefore have started to transliterate all letters (54 % completed), index and digitize them and make them available online. Here we explain their importance, highlighting letters dealing with the plants from Humboldt’s and Bonpland’s travels and from the correspondence with R.A. Philippi(Chile, 1808–1904) and H. Christ (Switzerland, 1833–1933).

Nowoczesna archeologia Profesora Jana Żaka (1923-1990). W 100. rocznicę urodzin

On March 23rd, 2023 the 100th anniversary of Professor Jan Żak’s birth was marked with an exhibition and a seminar meant to present the modern archeology he had been creating. In addition to Professor’s scientific achievements, there were fragments presented of three documentaries to illustrate his involvement into popularization of archeology. The article discusses also Professor’s work and scientific activities in the field of early medieval archeology, methodology of archaeology and general prehistory, widely recognized and appreciated not only in Poland but also abroad. In 1945 Jan Żak took part in the military operations of the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division, and his professional life took place in the realities of the People’s Republic of Poland. Particularly important were his organizational achievements as well as scientific contacts with researchers from Western Europe. The article also presents the direction of contemporary archeology methodology established by J. Żak, continued by his students and subsequent generations or archaeologists.

«Педагогика и психология в деятельности сотрудников правоохранительных органов: интеграция теории и практики» (Обзор международной научно-практической конференции)

The article gives an overview of the second international scientific and practical conference "Pedagogy and Psychology in the Activities of Law Enforcement Officers: Integration of Theory and Practice" held in October 2023. The conference is aimed at expanding and strengthening scientific international and interdepartmental cooperation, sharing scientific ideas on the development of pedagogy and psychology in the activities of law enforcement officers.
 The conference brought together more than 100 participants from 40 organisations in Russia and abroad, including: representatives of the People's Police Academy of the Ministry of Public Security of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic named after Major-General E. Aliyev, Kostanay Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Educational Complex of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, the Russian State University of Justice, Kaluga State University named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky, Volga State University of Water Transport, Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Practical Psychology "Imaton"; representatives of educational organisations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Rosguard, Investigative Committee of Russia, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, Ministry of Defence of Russia, Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
 At the plenary session of the conference, reports and analytical materials characterising the current state of moral and psychological support of official activities of law enforcement officers of Russia and foreign countries were discussed. The pedagogical studio and master-classes presented positive experience in the implementation of modern psychological and pedagogical practices.
 The conference resulted in the discussion of academic and practical challenges of introducing the theory of legal pedagogy and psychology into practice and strengthening scientific contacts between law enforcement officers and educational organisations of law enforcement institutions, as well as searching for effective pedagogical forms and methods of training law enforcement officers.
 According to the results of the international scientific and practical conference the resolution was formed and accepted.

"YOU STUDIED HISTORICAL BOOKS TELLING ABOUT THE GREAT MILITARY VICTORIES OF THE HELLENES AND ROMANS DILIGENTLY...": TO THE 130TH ANNIVERSARY OF MIKHAIL JAKOVLEVICH SJUZJUMOV AND THE 85TH ANNIVERSARY OF VLADIMIR VASILIEVICH KUCHMA

In 2023 marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Soviet historian Mikhail Jakovlevich Sjuzjumov (1893-1982). The anniversary of the largest Russian Byzantinist of the twentieth century coincides with the 85th anniversary of the birth of his student, Doctor of Historical Sciences Vladimir Vasilievich Kuchma (1938-2011). Close attention has been paid to the scientific biography of M.Ja. Sjuzjumov in recent years. However, the question of his scientific interaction with students who left Sverdlovsk, but continued their research on Roman (Byzantine) history, is little studied. The article examines the scientific contacts of Professor Sjuzjumov with V.V. Kuchma after defending his candidate thesis and moving to Volgograd. The article for the first time publishes documents from the State Archive of the Sverdlovsk region and the Archive of the Ural Federal University, the most valuable of which are the letters of the Volgograd historian to his supervisor. The analysis of archival materials shows that V.V. Kuchma, who was engaged in the study of Roman (Byzantine) military affairs, relied on the M.Ja. Sjuzjumov’ theory of dialectical continuity. This was expressed in V.V. Kuchma’s doctoral thesis, as well as in his publication of Byzantine military treatises.

Preface: 5th International Conference on Mechanical Automation and Materials Engineering (MAME 2023)

The 2023 5th International Conference on Mechanical Automation and Materials Engineering (MAME 2023) was successfully held from 10th to 11th of June, 2023 in Hohhot, China. This conference provides a forum for scholars, researchers, postgraduate students, and practitioners in the fields of mechanical engineering, automation, control technology, materials engineering, and manufacturing engineering to share ideas, designs, and experiments. Welcome participation from academia, industry and government.
 The conference agenda will work as a competence platform, providing facilities for efficient communication to boost the mechanical science and materials engineering knowledge of young scientists and help them in their professional development. Young scientists will be given a unique chance not only to improve their presentation skills and public speaking abilities but to gain an experience of scientific publication.
 The importance of MAME 2023 lies in the need to create conditions for the recognition growth of young scientists in world scientific circles and increase in interest in their work, increase in the level of scientific publications of students, postgraduate students and young scientists, and increase in their quality. The exchange of experience in the field of professional interests with colleagues from foreign and scientific organizations will improve the qualifications of researchers and establish promising scientific contacts among young scientists.
 Scientific Committee of MAME Conference
 Hohhot, China

“Became Superfluous in Crimea”: Ups and Downs of Fate of Professor P. A. Dvoichenko (Correspondence with V. I. Vernadsky)

The question of the scientific life of the Crimean University (Pedagogical Institute) named after M. V. Frunze in the 20s — early 30s of the XX century through the correspondence of Professor P. A. Dvoychenko and Academician V. I. Vernadsky. It is shown that after leaving Simferopol in February 1921, Academician V. I. Vernadsky, who was involved in the birth of natural science research at the Tauride University, was keenly interested not only in the progress of these studies, but also in the fate of the scientists who made up his entourage in Simferopol. It is argued that Vernadsky’s epistolary communication with Professor Petr Abramovich Dvoichenko makes it possible to identify scientific developments initiated in the Crimea by Vernadsky, on which Crimean scientists continued to work. It is noted that the study of correspondence made it possible to reveal previously unknown pages of the biography of P. A. Dvoychenko. The novelty of the research is seen in the involvement of the epistolary heritage for the reconstruction of the historical everyday life of the scientists Vernadsky, Dvoichenko and their entourage. It is emphasized that the correspondence of scientists allows us to study the tension among the researchers of the Crimea, to see the features of scientific contacts along the line “province — center”. The author dwells on individual plots of interpersonal interaction in the teaching environment of the university.

Trans-systemic mobility, travel reports and knowledge acquisition in Cold War Hungary in the 1960s and 1970s

ABSTRACT How did the state socialist regimes of the Soviet Bloc acquire knowledge about the ‘West’? Despite the ready-made ideological framework about the nature of Western capitalism and ‘imperialism’, state socialist authorities constantly sought out and relied on new information about the societies and governments beyond the Iron Curtain. Since this learning process exceeded the competences and the energies of the Party and state organs, they relied on the observations and assessments of privileged individuals who were allowed to explore the world outside the Soviet Bloc. Focusing on the cultural and scientific contacts between Hungary and the United States, the article analyses a specific form of information-gathering: travel reports that reflected on work and study trips to the ‘West’ . Hungary, like most of its regional neighbours, became more open in the 1960s, signing a series of economic and cultural agreements with capitalist countries. The regime encouraged tourism and the number of travellers from and to the West quickly increased. Scholarly exchanges with the United States started through the Ford scholarships (since 1964) and then the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) (since 1968), and connections multiplied as Hungarian academics, artists and professionals were integrated into transnational networks. While the authorities could not control and shape all aspects related to the cross-systemic mobility of information, goods and people, they aimed to monitor closely the process through institutional bodies like the Institute for Cultural Relations which had strong ties to the State Security. All officially monitored travellers were required to attend an ‘orientation’ session before leaving and were expected to produce a written report afterwards in which they evaluated their trip, their hosts and the experience. The article investigates the form and the function of such travel reports in the wider context of covert and public knowledge production and dissemination about the ‘West’ in state socialist countries.

Scientific contacts between Professor M. Ja. Sjuzjumov and Dumbarton Oaks

The study of Soviet-American scientific relationships during the Cold War is an actual scientific task. In the article for the first time is published letters from the personal foundation of Professor Michael Sjuzjumov (Ural University, Sverdlovsk), which he received from Lois Hassler-Smith and Merlin Packard, librarians of the Center for Byzantine Studies at Harvard University in Dumbarton Oaks, 1960s and 1970s. In addition, the author of the article is considered the issue of official ways to exchange scientific literature with capitalist countries, which were regulated by special legislative acts. However, the contacts that scientists of the USSR and the United States independently established among themselves made it possible, avoiding unnecessary formalities, to quickly receive the latest scientific literature. The letters published in the article indicate that the correspondence of M.Ja. Sjuzjumov with the staff of the Dumbarton Oaks library lasted more than 10 years. The American side received scientific periodicals published in Sverdlovsk and teaching aids on special courses, and M.Ja. Sjuzjumov – novelties of American scientific literature and classical editions, which were previously available to him only in the capital’s libraries. The authors of the article also managed to identify an error made by the compilers of the Who Was Who at Dumbarton Oaks index, 1940–2015. This edition indicates that the library employed female employees Lois Smith and Lois Hassler. Meanwhile, the analysis of correspondence with M.Ja. Sjuzjumov and the data of the American periodical press prove presented one person – Lois Hassler-Smith.

On the History of Cooperation Between Russian and Swedish Social Scientists. Stockholm Center for the Study of Working Life and Russian Academic Institutes (Observations and Memories)

The article examines the problems of cooperation between Russian and Swedish social scientists on the example of contacts between the Swedish Center for Working Life Studies and the Institute of the International Labor Movement (later ISP RAN). The basis of cooperation between the two organizations was the study of the problems of labor relations, the trade union and labor movement, and economic democracy. The existing scientific contacts made it possible to organize joint conferences and round tables for the exchange of views with the involvement of other Russian academic institutions and relevant Swedish organizations. As an example, the author considers a round table devoted to the problems of conflict and consensus in public relations between the two countries, as well as a conference on the problems of work ethics. The author comes to the conclusion about the benefits of such scientific contacts and expresses regret that they have recently lost their former dynamics.

Пропаганда антинаучных взглядов Т. Д. Лысенко на страницах французских периодических изданий в 1930-х ‒ 1940-х гг.

The article is devoted to foreign propaganda of T. D. Lysenko’s views on the nature of heredity and variability. Articles from French communist periodicals are used as an example. The article?s relevance is determined by understudied issue of the Lysenkoism promotion in France, although it is known that his doctrine, which was close to Lamarckism, was being implanted after 1948 in the countries of the socialist camp and criticized by the British and American biologists. The historical picture of purposeful promotion of anti-scientific views criticizing fundamental genetics has been reconstructed in materials of French periodicals and documents deposited in the T. D. Lysenko fond in the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences (fond 1521). To determine the political factors that influenced international scientific relations between Soviet and French scientists, the documents from the Political Bureau of the Central Committee fond of the Russian State Archive of Contemporary History (fond 3) have been used. When describing popularization of Lysenkoism in France, an integrated approach has been chosen, as it takes into account various factors (political, ideological, cognitive) that determined penetration and reception of scientific ideas. Using newspapers and magazines as historical source have permitted to detail the phenomenon, to supplement the available information with new facts, and to revise established notions. It is shown that T.D. Lysenko’s figure came into the spotlight in the French press as early as the late 1930s, when a campaign began in the Soviet Union against Mendelism-Morganism, called metaphysical-idealistic bourgeois science by the party elite. In those years, such scientists as N. I. Vavilov, G. D. Karpechenko, S. G. Levit, I. I. Agol were arrested and repressed. In 1948, with J. V. Stalin support, Lysenko organized the August session of the All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences, where representatives of classical genetics were accused of sabotage. Lysenko claimed that his experiments were aimed at increasing productivity of agricultural crops and solving food security issues. The Soviet bureaucracy saw innovation and bold struggle against old scientific dogmas in populist statements of the “People's Academician.” The fight against genetics was not limited the territory of the USSR, almost all socialist countries were involved. However, the leading scientific powers (the USA and Great Britain) actively resisted penetration of the works of Soviet Lysenkoists into scientific and popular publications. The exception was France, which had long-standing scientific contacts with the Soviet Union. Information on the “victory” of Michurin Biology over genetics at the 1948 Agricultural Sciences Session was widely presented on the pages of French liberal publications. It is shown that the French scientific community was not categorically opposed to Lysenkoism for a number of reasons, among them spread of communist ideas in the country, stability of Lamarckian traditions, cooling diplomatic relations between the USSR and the USA, desire of the Soviet leadership to make France its political ally.

EPISTOLARY AND ITS ROLE IN SCIENTIFIC BIOGRAPHIES OF MONOLINGUAL AND BILINGUAL SCHOLARS

This article touches upon the issues of the current state of epistolary in Kazakhstan, the degree of its study based on the material of letters of Kazakh scientists, whose biographies reflect the peculiarities of the monolingual environment (in the family, school, etc.), and their scientific biography was formed in the conditions of Kazakh-Russian bilingualism. The paper touches on the controversial issues of the Russian and Kazakh languages as the languages of science in the period of socio-cultural and geopolitical transformations. The study of epistolary is most productive within the framework of changing scientific paradigms and the real language environment. Observing the setting of the communicative connection between the addressee and the addressee provides a full opportunity to study the author's style. The authors believe that the study of the epistolary heritage of Kazakh scholars is significant not only from the standpoint of biographical documentation, but also from the point of historiography of science – the epistolary allows you to look into the "laboratory of thought" of the scientist, reveals his ability to establish scientific contacts, as well as the degree of involvement of the person in general scientific processes.

Transformation of Germany's Strategy in the Arctic

The article analyzes the change in Germany's foreign policy in the Arctic. The features of the main vectors are revealed: in the military-industrial, scientific and educational, international political directions. It is concluded that it is in Germany's interests to support a renewed Arctic Council with a very limited participation of Russia, to strengthen the capabilities of the fleet and industrial potential for the production of equipment in the "Arctic" version, to build alternative scientific contacts with Russia.